MARLBORO — Thank you, Amy Comerchero! We've been sooooo lucky.
Enjoy a good rest, and then we'll look forward to what's next for you - and our tummies.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
Michelle Simpson-Siegel climbed on a chair so she could see the many visitors packed into Oak Meadow's new offices in the former ballroom of the Brooks House. “Thank you,” she said. Oak Meadow, one of the first providers of curriculum for distance-learning and home-schooling families, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Sept. 17. And Simpson-Siegel, the organization's executive director, also announced that Oak Meadow had become the first of its kind to receive accreditation from the country's oldest accreditation agency, the...
Main Street Arts (MSA) announced it will be hosting an exhibition of the watercolors of Saxtons River's John S. “Jack” Peters, in a one-man show titled “Crossings.” The show will be on display through March 28 at MSA's gallery at 35 Main Street in Saxtons River. There will be a free public reception at the gallery on March 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. and all are welcome. According to MSA's Margo Ghia, “Jack and Susie Peters have been essential...
Feeling compelled to do something about education costs in Vermont, legislators passed a poorly considered, last-minute bill that will result in fewer educational opportunities while doing nothing to reduce taxes. This bill is flawed in numerous ways, most notably in its inflexible disregard of the unique circumstances of different districts, schools, and regions. Act 46 provides significant financial incentives for districts to consolidate. But it stipulates that these consolidated districts meet highly restrictive criteria, including that the combined districts must...
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